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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	3,228

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.